Halliwell Sentenced To Life
Taxi driver Christopher Halliwell, 48, pleaded guilty at Bristol Crown Court to murdering nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan, who disappeared after a night out in Swindon in March last year. He has been jailed for life
Halliwell sentenced to life: court report
A taxi driver has pleaded guilty to the murder of Sian O'Callaghan, who'd gone missing after a night out in Swindon last year. Christopher Halliwell admitted sexually assaulting her and stabbing her before dumping her body.
Today Bristol Crown Court heard Halliwell had been cruising around Swindon that night deliberately looking for a victim. However it's emerged that police were not able to proceed with another murder charge because of a legal mistake.
Our Wiltshire reporter Robert Murphy has been following the case and reports from Bristol Crown Court.
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Halliwell's daughter urges him to give families justice
Chris Halliwell's daughter has appeared on ITV's Daybreak asking her father to give "justice" to the family of the second woman he killed.
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Who is Chris Halliwell?
Swindon taxi driver Chris Halliwell has been jailed for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan but is he guilty of the murder of other women?
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How killer Halliwell was caught
It was a fluke, in a way, that Halliwell was ever caught. But it also needed some good detective work.